Remarks by Juan Carlos "JC" Bermudez
132 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 6
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“I'll be brief, but I understand the concept of having it. Uh, in your whatever, uh, in your holster, so to speak. But I agree with, uh, you know, vice chairman McGee. Uh, this is a question of philosophy and, uh. Making sure that the supposed grand plans that we have actually work. and in the end we're going to have to look at that because I come from his perspective which is if you cannot and he's lived it himself so he just as he so mentioned if we are not going to be able to provide if this is not something that's going to turn out to be it's going to be simply another What's happened in…”
Housing Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“so senator you continuously stand what stand by what you believe this board is standing with you on this and the reality of it is is if they had issues with this before they would have made their position known early on inside of this meeting so thank you so much commissioner bermudez this child be brief ditto to all the comments made by my colleagues in particular making sure that these meetings are run the efficient and correct way and second of all obviously as commissioner gilbert said america was based on respecting other people's opinions, even if they disagree with you. But I just want…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm going to support the county commissioner on this too, but I really am a little bit, with legal, a little bit... Actually, I'm very confused. A lot of times... And we've got a friend right to your right there that says no to every plat. A lot of times, plats are just administrative. How did we get here to something that changes the community and changes the makeup of the community? How did we get to the plat before we got to a decision on that? Just a little bit, I'd like to know how that happened. I mean, did this get through before, or what's the reasoning there?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“In general, I think as we move forward, and I'm going to support Commissioner Horvitz, but I think it's important when you work on that legislation, there are some plats that are just plats. And those, truthfully, there's not much we can do about it. Sorry, Senator. But the reality is they're just plats. There's others like this one that apparently was approved administratively, but the commissioner of the district either was, I'm assuming you weren't made aware or were not until it got in front of us. i would think when you work on that policy if anything pops up like that the administration…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. My point was going to be the same as Commissioner Cohen-Higgins, but I think moving forward, the fact that someone started construction without the final decision, knowing it had to be approved by this body. And I know it's permitted in certain instances. I think we need to look at that also again to make sure that these things don't happen. So I hope when you guys review it, you do it. And finally, I'm going to do a plug for what I've said over and over since I got on this dais. If we're going to talk about affordable housing, we need to talk about the urban…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I have a lot to say. Let me start by thanking you, because your efforts are efforts that I think a number of us shared, but you've always shared, which is to make things more efficient in the county, not only for the large businesses, but for the small businesses. And I thank you for, and applaud your effort, and thank you for, even though I agree with the Vice Chair that I don't like things getting dropped at 11 o'clock, I do appreciate the fact that you've taken the steps to clarify some of those things, and it's appreciated. But effective and as an efficiency too, I think we've…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, to that point. To that point, I agree with Congressman Gilbert. It's totally cosmetic, because some of the people on that committee are the ones that do this all the time. We get a letter when they don't like the decision that was taken by a committee and they don't, you know, they might lose a procurement hearing or they might not even have one and then they come in front of us. I have no problem with it. You accepted it. My only suggestion would be, since I believe legally They still have the ability to bring things in front of us, whether we like it or not. It's up to us to say, hey,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“English no, Spanish no, Russian yet, no.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I was already seconded, I guess just to be just a question and I agree with the amendment and also with commissioner loves this. So we are going to include correct.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's not allowed by the state only because the governor and his buddies can do a lot of things. So I got to make sure that it's expressly stated here, that it's expressly allowed by the state. We have a former state representative here, she feels comfortable with it. I'll be more than happy to support it along those lines. But I have the same concern as Commissioner Hardiman and I think Commissioner Lopez had, which is if it's not there, then we can, okay, that's fine. But just be clear, because just because it comes from Tallahassee doesn't make it right. God, we know that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“As amended, as Commissioner Steinberg would say.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I've got two questions, and I don't want to channel my inner Mickey Steinberg and just say no to logical things, but this is proposed by her, but the bottom line is, don't we know where the wetlands are right now, or do we not know? Isn't it on CDMP? I don't know. The administration can enlighten me on the... Oh, okay, let's see.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“My first question, Mr. Chair, if I may, I'm going to try to treat you guys, do we know where the wetlands are?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's a yes. Can you provide said maps to the wonderful 13 people up on this dais?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, my second question would be, while I have great faith in both of you and in the mayor, I would like this to be fair and not just cited to the people that may be followers of the environmental world. As such, I believe, especially if you're talking about valuing the wetlands, that you need to bring in other sectors of this community that can also be a part of this process. Because what I would not like to see, no offense, Madam Mayor, is a committee of individuals that are made up of individuals that are just looking at it from one perspective, not taking into account Other aspects that…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Are you telling me the scope will include all interested parties, not just one sector of the community that may have an opinion, as we saw on the prior item, where there are buildings to the left, right, that may have an opinion that's already set in stone when we're looking at the wetlands. Is that the comment you're putting on the record today?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“You great ladies and the mayor and the administration that this is going to include all the parties that could be impacted and concerned. Again, the only other thing I would say is when you have those maps, can you get it to the 13 August members of this body? I don't include myself. Let's call them 12 August members and one other individual.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Second bite at the apple. Yes. And I'm going to vote for it. And I, commissioner Cohen, Higgins words are well taken, except for the fact that I don't, I think we do have a right to have everybody incorporated in this process. There are proprietary rights that people have their landowners and some of this area, and we need to also include them. And then the final one, since everything here is political, do we call you germites or dermians? Because, you know, I once saw a taxi episode where Jim was watching the Delaware, you know, government saying Delawareans or Delaware rights? Because, you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, 84. We're on 84. I'm going to say the same thing I'm going to say on the other one, so I'll save the time of talking on the other one. For me, it's very simple. I'm going to support both items. The only thing I would like to do is, as we don't do in this county, when somebody commits to doing something, we must have a tracking mechanism. Whether it's this administration or all the ones, I know one of you is very, a good number of you are interested, or a future administration. This needs to be monitored as we move forward because that's the only thing I'll say. Commissioner…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, is that, Mr. Chair? Was that 3A1 and 2? No, okay, all right, okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I pulled it as well. I pulled it to co-prime it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I kind of, well, first of all, let me just say, and I don't know if Manny Jr. is here, but Manolo Reyes was an example of a... There's a lot of good people in politics in Dade County, all 12 of you included. But he was very unique in that he called it the way it is. If he was with you, he'd tell you. If he was against you, he'd tell you. He was always an honest man. Nothing was ever done for any ulterior reasons. So I think this one is important to me, having known him, because he was always... In my opinion, always, even before he was an elected official, a very fair guy. And I also,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I just have a question more of the attorneys. Commissioner Gilbert enlightened us a bit on some of the comments of the definition of a hold, which is different what I've been given from you all. So I would like to make sure that we can have that discussion based on that. And then the second thing, Mr. Chairman, I'd like to be the first guy to declare a hold on all holds by Commissioner Gilbert subsequent to January 3rd, 2027. It's already been done.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, no, they can come and tell me personally, because I think you made a very valid point, and I'd like to hear that difference. But the second one, I'm serious. I was the first, so I get that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026